FLEAT VI Harvard

Our intro-5 minutes

Joanne Thomas
- HIES, teaching for 18 years, 7 year member of Quizlet, author, honorary language consultant for Quizlet-worked with team in San Fran
  - motivation, flashcards, realistic activities, web 2.0
Andrea Dignon
- NCCS, teaching for 9 years, 5 year member of Quizlet, same methodology as Joanne

Signing up (have teachers sign up)
Differences among the 3 accounts
- Basic (has ads, no image upload, no microphone, but may copy other sets with images-$0/year)
- Quizlet Plus (no ads, allows images and microphone, class organization-$15/year)
- Quizlet Teacher (same as “Plus”, plus track student progress, and search “teacher created sets only” feature -$25/year)
  - will get 2 weeks free of teacher account (??)
Searching, copying, editing (search your textbook), look for “teacher” icon. (model this for the class – then give them 5 minutes to search on their own)
Find a creator you like and click on that name to find more sets you like
Setting language (which side to set-click on “Learn” to confirm
Make folders
Generating Notes
Make a worksheet

*NOTE-it’s not just for vocab flashcards (bonjour= hello)-SEGUE into part II

Solitaire
Learn / Speller (earphones if done in class) (never mute speller) (students sign in) (SCREEN SHOTS!) HW
1. Set goals – 40 or more right / 65% or more complete on speller
2. 45 minute rule!!!
Space Race – never graded / only in class
Scatter (DON'T USE-waste of class time)
Fake White board (low stress environment / not graded)
1. If everyone does perfectly on this, then graded – no REAL whiteboard. 10-15 shuffled (PRE-STARRED 20-25 if necessary (instead of skipping)).
Avalanche
Running Dictation
Written Mastery (similar to Solitaire – but no English)
Relay with adjective agreement (could also do w/ verb conjugations and expressions)
Fake Test / Worksheet (2 days before test/quiz)
Read story and fill in answers, then take "test"
The Doggie Bets (the day before a test/quiz – this is the review) The winning team could receive a SLIGHT bonus – or candy – or fame and glory)
Real White board (10 pt. grade) Reasonable stress
Written Quiz/Test (give an example – tie into the Written only portion of Quizlet)

Relay
1. Two teams form the phrase & read for accuracy while the non-playing team writes.
Script Passage – weather, shopping, play lines, café, make one's own for speaking practice, etc (AIM)
Story passage-Who What When Where Why questions – English and Target language
1. Student Teaching w/ story passage
Running Dictation

Traveling / Interviews
1. One Group travels while two groups receive them.
In Interviews, students have a goal to how many classmates they speak with.
Public Speaking - family
Skype/FaceTime/Google Hangout
Authentic Application – Café / Birthday / Directions with Google Maps
Job Interviews
Museum / Auction Field Trip
Scavenger hunt – Can be done on a field trip or in your school.
1. Reconnaissance work – Permanent Collection
Weather
Student Teaching – Reading passage
1. Hardcore sentences then students wrote the sentences/story on a quizlet – then they did a pictoral reference to the story
2. Then when it’s time to student teach, students are given a “Who” card, they must ask the two students in front of them “Qui va à la plage?”
AIM